What is magic? There is the wizard's explanation... wizards talk about candles, circles, planets, stars, bananas, chants, runes and the importance of having at least four good meals every day.

He was currently wondering vaguely who Moey and Chandon were.

People whose concept of ancient history is the first series of Star Trek may be treated with patience, because it's usually not their fault they were reduced to getting their education from school.

Do you think there’s anything to eat in this forest?” “Yes,” said the wizard bitterly, “us.

I'm not cruel, sir, I won't shoot you in the guts, but I will make you realize how much you took your toes for granted.

All tapes left in a car for more than about a fortnight metamorphose into Best of Queen albums.

And that's when I first learned about evil. It is built in to the very nature of the universe. Every world spins in pain. If there is any kind of supreme being, I told myself, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior.